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  • US soldier jailed for Iraq rape and killings

    A US soldier convicted of taking part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. Private Jesse Spielman was jailed on Saturday after he was found guilty of rape, conspiracy to commit rape, housebreaking with the intent to rape and four counts of felony murder. The military.. More

  • Darfur groups seek common ground

    Representatives from more than a dozen armed groups in Sudan's Darfur region have held a second day of talks in Tanzania searching for common ground before peace negotiations with Khartoum. The three-day talks have taken on extra significance following the UN decision this week to increase its peacekeeping mission in Darfur. But absent from the first.. More

  • Lebanon by-elections get underway

    Voting has begun in by-elections to replace two assassinated Lebanese politicians in a contest viewed as the latest part of the country's ongoing political crisis. The vote will produce successors to Pierre Gemayel, a Christian cabinet minister shot dead in November and Walid Eido, killed in a June car-bombing, both were government supporters. Fuad.. More

  • Pakistanis killed in suicide blast

    At least eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan. The bomber's car rammed into vehicles parked near a bus station in Parachinar, in North West Frontier Province near the border with Afghanistan, security officials said. About 20 people were wounded in Saturday's attack said Mohammed Kamal,.. More

  • Glasgow Airport attack man dies

    A badly burned man detained after the suspected terror attack at Glasgow Airport has died in a Glasgow hospital. Kafeel Ahmed was one of two men held at the airport after a Jeep struck the terminal and burst into flames. The 27-year-old, from Bangalore, India, had suffered burns to 90% of his body when he was arrested. The second man in the vehicle.. More

  • Afghans 'wounded in air strike'

    About 50 Afghan civilians have been wounded in an air strike by US-led forces on a group of Taleban leaders holding a meeting in Helmand province. Witnesses have told the BBC that a large number of civilians were killed. The attack on Thursday night reportedly targeted Dadullah Mansour, the group's military commander in the south, and Abdul Rahim,.. More

  • Marine sentenced over Iraq murder

    A US marine has been sentenced to time served and demoted to private for conspiring to murder an Iraqi civilian during a raid near Baghdad last year. Cpl Marshall Magincalda, who was also convicted of theft and housebreaking, has already served 448 days in custody. He was a member of an infantry unit which shot dead Hashim Ibrahim Awad, 52, in Hamdaniya.. More

  • Lebanon braces for key elections

    Lebanon is stepping up security ahead of two by-elections, one a key test of pro- and anti-Syrian support among the deeply divided Christian community. Polls open on Sunday to replace two assassinated anti-Syrians, Walid Eido and former minister Pierre Gemayel. Former President Amine Gemayel is vying to take his son's parliamentary seat. His supporters.. More

  • Devastating floods hit South Asia

    Almost 20 million people have been displaced as some of the worst floods for years have hit a wide swathe of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Roads have been washed away and hundreds of villages have been cut off by swollen rivers. A BBC correspondent in the Indian state of Assam says the air force is organizing food drops, but they are nowhere.. More

  • Bid to recover Mississippi bodies

    US emergency teams are searching for bodies a day after a bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed, killing a number of people. At least four people are confirmed dead with up to 30 missing. US officials are not linking the collapse to terrorism. Some 50 vehicles were hurled into the water when part of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota,.. More

  • Car bomb hits Iraqi police station

    A suicide bomber has driven a car bomb into a police station, killing 13 people and wounding 15 in the town of Hibhib, north of Baghdad near Baquba, police said. A police source said the attacker struck a queue of recruits lined up to join the police force in the town on Thursday. The dead included five police and eight civilians. The attack came.. More

  • Tehran killers hanged in public

    Two men have been hanged in a Tehran square for the murder of a prominent judge, thought to be the first public execution in Iran's capital since 2002. Majid and Hossein Kavousifar's deaths come a day after nine public hangings in other parts the country. The government says it is part of a major effort to tackle violent crime and the illegal drug.. More

  • Saudis back US Middle East plans

    Saudi Arabia says it supports US plans for a regional peace conference this year and would be keen to attend. The conference is intended to revive the peace process and would include Israel, the Palestinians and Arab states viewed as moderate by the US. "We welcome this initiative," said Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal. The kingdom has no diplomatic.. More

  • Sudan 'will support Darfur force'

    Sudan will co-operate with UN and African Union peacekeepers in Darfur, Sudan's UN ambassador said after the UN Security Council backed a joint force. The mandate for the 26,000-strong force was watered down to appease critics and it will only be able to protect civilians deemed to be under threat. The new UN-AU mission head welcomed the move but.. More

  • Iraq Sunni bloc quits coalition

    Six ministers from Iraq's Sunni bloc have resigned from the Shia-led government of Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, following a month-long dispute. Rafie al-Issawi, a member of parliament, made the statement in Baghdad's Green Zone on Wednesday as Tareq al-Hashemi, the vice-president, and other senior members of the bloc stood behind him. Al-Issawi.. More